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Danes of York, Cnut, Penny, cnvt rex around patriarchal cross, inverted r on base of cross, rev. eb iai cec iv, small cross flanked by two pellets, 1.13g/9h (Lyon & Stewart EC-1b(ii)/CR-G; SCBI Ashmolean 143-4, same dies; N 497; S 991). Small scratch on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200

Provenance: R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 423 (part); St James’s Auction 4, 8 May 2006, lot 30; Tennants Auction (Leyburn), 29 April 2015, lot 9